Daily Coping 4 Jan 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-01-04
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Blog Posts
Simple Method to Add A Network in SQL Configuration Manager
In this article I have demonstrated a fairly simple method to help you modify your network adapters that are presented to SQL Server.
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2021-01-04 (first published: 2020-12-28)
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Splitting up the Mission of PASS
Following up on Should There Be A Successor to PASS? I have a couple more thoughts. One of the many complaints about PASS over the years was about perceived value....
2021-01-04 (first published: 2020-12-28)
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SQL PowerShell to check and repair Ad-hoc distributed queries Vulnerability
Introduction Ad hoc distributed queries use the OPENROWSET and OPENDATASOURCE functions to connect to remote data sources that use OLE DB. As the name suggests, ad-hoc distributed queries should...
2021-01-04
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Syncing SQL databases
There are various ways to keep SQL Server databases and SQL Database/SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI) databases in-sync asynchronously that I will discuss in this blog. The main use...
2021-01-04
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Top 3 Easy Help Queries for XEvents in Azure SQL
These are a few simple queries to help you along your way to becoming better acquainted w/ XEvents in Azure SQL. These queries will make XEvents easier for you!
The...
2021-01-04
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Top 3 Easy Help Queries for XEvents in Azure SQL
These are a few simple queries to help you along your way to becoming better acquainted w/ XEvents in Azure SQL. These queries will make XEvents easier for you!
The...
2021-01-04
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Top 3 Easy Help Queries for XEvents in Azure SQL
These are a few simple queries to help you along your way to becoming better acquainted w/ XEvents in Azure SQL. These queries will make XEvents easier for you!
The...
2021-01-04
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What A Year That Was
If anything, 2020 is an asterisk. Some lost their jobs. Some lost their loved ones. Perhaps more books will be written about it. Pundits will keep the conversation going....
2021-01-04
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How to Find SQL Server Configuration Manager
SSCM likes to disappear from time to time. When it does, what is your backup plan? This article shows how not to be fooled by the vanishing act of...
2021-01-03
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Blogs
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
Forums
Inquiry – Enforcing ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly via GPO
Hello, I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to redirect a...
Calculating Geometric Mean in Power BI
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TempDB Facts I
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TempDB Facts I
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